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Author:

Jamieson, Dale.

Title:

Ethics and the environment : an introduction / Dale Jamieson.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xi, 221 p. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Environmental ethics.
Milieuethiek.
Éthique de l'environnement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-215) and index.

Contents:

1. The environment as an ethical question : Nature and the environment ; Dualism and ambivalence ; Environmental problems ; Questions of scale ; Types of harm ; Causes of environmental problems ; The role of technology ; The economic perspective ; Religion and worldviews ; Ethics, aesthetics, and values -- 2. Human morality : The nature and functions of morality ; Challenges to morality ; Amoralism ; Theism ; Relativism ; What these challenges teach us -- 3. Meta-ethics : The structure of the field ; Realism ; Subjectivism ; The sensible center ; Intrinsic value -- 4. Normative ethics : Moral theories ; Consquentialism ; Virtue ethics ; Kantianism ; Practical ethics -- 5. Humans and other animals : Speciesism ; Animals and moral theory ; Using animals ; Animals and other values -- 6. The value of nature : Biocentricism ; Ecocentrism ; Valuing reconsidered ; The plurality of values ; Conflicts and trade-offs -- 7. Nature's future : Travails of the biosphere ; Questions of justice ; Visions of the future ; Conclusion.

Series:

Cambridge applied ethics

ISBN:

0521682843 (pbk.)
9780521682848 (pbk.)
0521864216 (hbk.)
9780521864213 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)166382290

LCCN:

2008272089

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)